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Home Newspaper of Hills Established 1866 A Division Canadian newspapers Company Limited Guelph Street Georgetown Ontario 3Z6 PAUL J TAYLOR Publisher and General Manager DAVE Editor PHONE J STEVEN FOREMAN Advertising Manager Can MiU rwtfiltrad Page SECTION A HERALD Febnwry 13 I Were not immune A coincidence but a timely one The conclusion of a lengthy drug investigation in Hills resulted in numerous charges It proved what many police officers parents and teachers nave known for some time were not immune to drug abuse in Georgetown and Acton Organizers of the drug awareness week Feb March 2 should see a noticeable increase in concerned parents at a special forum It will be their opportunity to convince us to become active be more aware of the problems that exist and search for answers within our community Recognition night Help the town out Theyre searching for deserving recipients for an Honors and Recognition Night Its put on by the Town of Hills Annually they seek public input on the selection process To be fair they even have a committee consisting of community representatives Those from the arts com munity and two local sports editors help in the final selec tion process along with some town councillors and recreation department staff Individuals honored are singled out for the recognition they have brought to Halton Hills Its a great idea but it needs your support Do you know of a deserving candidate It could be your next door neighbor The deadline for entries is Feb Friendships roses Mountain view Baptist Church Valentine Day hearts and roses and chocolates come to our mind quickly lot of us think about on Valentines Day Is our friends Love has many expressions and various forms But in a world of strained relationships In so many families it seems to me that the love of a good friend Is something special something to celebrate We read in the fourth chapter of that two are better than one if one falls down his friend can But pity the one woo falls and has no one to help him up Friends all of us have at least a few Some are friends simply because they are people who have been a part of our lives for a long long time Some are friends because of a mutual attraction and common Interests Some friends have become so simply because we see one another every day and so have come to know Suite a lot about each other There are lose who are our friends because we have chosen them Youve heard the glib saying We were given our relatives but thank God we can choose our friends It Is something to thank God for that we can choose our friends That can choose those before whom we cast our pearls those in whose presence we let the barriers down and expose our hearts But let us also thank God for those who have chosen us as friends Those people In our lives who at one time or another have risked rejection misunderstanding and exposure of their Inner being to offer us a place In their heart Angela knew shed reached her limit in front of her own children and the childrens friends A startling statistic Is the one which shows per cent of the abused women were abused before they even The day came that Angela knew shed reached her limit when It came to trying to please her husband After having kicked her about for an hour her husband looked down Angela on the llooi and said Thai fell really good Ive got to do It more often Thats when Angela left What mattered was the safety of herself and her child Susan Davie a volunteer at Womens Place a shelt er for abused women said The physical abuse had increased whilst Angela was pregnant and continued after the child was born Her daughter was born with some physical handl taps Her ethnic back ground said Youre married You must make your marriage Work Ms Davie said She stayed because she believed it would stop and that It was her role to stay Six months ago Ango la got her divorce Only recently she told her parents whyshe left her husband An attractive 24year old Angela is row studying pre- medicine the University of Toronto In her spare time she docs volunteer work at the Milton shelter Tor abused women Angela is Just one of the many women who to Hilton Womens Place looking for time out and a place to make Import ant decisions about the future Not all of the abuse women receive Is physi cal Much of It is also emotional Ms Davie told the humiliation one woman suffered when her band forced her to go down on her hands and knees and eat dog food How do you explain that Ms Davie said many of the women believed that once the couple were married they could change the Statistics show over time the beatings become more frequent and more Intense Ms Davie said Women start to feel they deserve the beat ings that theyve done something wrong and finally that theyre worthless When they come to the hostel theyre often surprised to find theyre not alone that other women have also been treated the same In their relationshln They team that a marriage license doesnt give anyone the right to assault his partner He must have heard cold enough for you once too often History Georgetowns oldest church Yes pity the one who falls and has no one to him up Was there some one who helped you up the last time you were laid now Was there one who said Here let me help you carry your burden and ease some of that weight off your shoulders T This was a friend A few years ago because of circumstances in my life I went through a time of soulaching sorrow during which 1 came across a little poem which touched me deeply The author is Anonymous and expressed fur me the essence of a friend Bring me a rose In the wintertime When a rose is hard to find Bring me a rose in the wintertime Ive got roses on my mind For a rose Is sweet Most anytime and yet Bring me a rose In the wintertime Its so easy to forget la there someone In your life today In need of a rose Be a friend By RICHARD Herald Special From the time that was opened to settlement it was included on the itinerary of Methodist preachers of various circuits After the IBM union of English and Canadian Methodists which produced the Wesleyan Methodist Church was part of the Nelson Circuit Charles Kennedy was a leading supporter of the cause around what was to become Georgetown The Kennedys were active in a variety of churches One brother John 1874 was an elder of the Presbyterian church at St Anns in the Niagara peninsula for over fifty years Another brother George 1B7D after whom Georgetown would be named Joined the Congregations list church A third brother Morris 18801 was to be a leading supporter of the Methodist Episcopal church Charles had been converted to Methodism in 1817 In 1818 he married Elizabeth Williams 17961855 whose family would give its name to Glen Williams and in 1819 he was surveying the northern part of town ship His survey work may have been a factor in the lB19order in council which granted him a mill seat on the Credit where Georgetown was to develop on condition that he have a saw mill in operation within twelve months Charles was Influential in local politics being named at the first town meeting in- 1821 as one of the two Gripes and Cures wardens thcflrst justices of the peace in the area He was also credited with the introduction of Methodism to the area by his interest and his liberal support His house was the home of ministers and a place of rest and refreshment to poor travellers The ministers stationed on the Nelson circuit in were Rowley Hey la rid who had served the new settlements of the area some 15 years earlier and Samuel C It was about this time that It was decided to build a chapel at the foot of the appropriately named Wesleyan street it Is now the Oddfellows Hall On a snowy January evening in Egerlon Rycrson spoke to a missionary meeting In Kennedys neighbourhood Esquesing It was the first such meeting held in the place and he commented on the commodious chapel being built When the church was opened in October Ryerson returned to speak at the afternoon service By then the village was called by its new name Georgetown In the morning Anson Green had dedicated the church Green told of that sacrific es had been made to erect the building needed a church there very much and our brethren have gone to the extent of their scanty means to provide one for us John Roof of the Congregational church In Toronto was invited to preach at that service Perhaps this unusual honour bespoke a broad support for this the first church in the village The Barbers would later be strong supporters of the Congregational church but they already had some connection with Roof Earlier that year when a son was born to James and Hannah Barber he was given the name John Roar Barber It is not unlikely that their contri button to the building fund resulted in the prominence given to the leader at the opening service was not until after the church was built in 1845 that Charles Kennedy sold the land for 5 shillings lo the trustees Michael Farmer James Collins John Freeman Samuel and Charles Kennedy all described as yeomen or Georgetown had become the head or a circuit in 1844 a circuit that would include at one time or another Hornby the Roughcast Chapel Acton Stewart- town Erin Silver Creek Norval the Octagon branch Glen Williams Campbells Cross SalmonvlIIe Terra and Boston branches Writing our history depends on the sparsesourccs that survive In my lost article I had fallowed Dick Hustons suggestion that Kennedy and Thomas had only been named Justices of the Peace after the rebellion of 1837 Since then Walter Lewis has found description in the rock We Recorder of Mackenzie meeting In Esquesing in he fall of 1837 before the rebellion where Kennedy and are already shown as being magistrates Culprits for complaints THIRTY YEARS John Elliott is Georgetowns new CNR station agent succeeding Arthur Cohen who has gone to Midland Editor of the Smith Falls News Record and a former Georgetown resident Agnes Edward Dobbie was married Toronto to Mehnda Holtzman Members of the post office and customs staffs attended a party at Inn honoring Col Gordon Couscns who retired lost week as post mas It r It Harrison music teacher several district schools received first class honors In the mid winter exams of the Royal Conservatory of Toronto Bob and some of the other hockey players will be on hand to sec the little NHL In action Bandsman Norman Herbert received the Canadian Defence Medal inspection night far the Lome Scots Regiment in Brampton Thursday Mrs Ern of Georgetown was awarded first prize for her evening bay entry at third annual exhibition of Canadian Hand Weaving FIFTEEN AGO- Winner of the First place prize in the Jaycce sponsored car roily Sunday was the team of Graham Ferguson and John Collier Miss Grace director of nurses of County and Mrs Fruntcs Jamieson staff nurse Georgetown attended a three week conference in Toronto on team nursing development A Georgetown police constable Arnold has just completed a two week course at the Ontario Provincial Police School in Toronto which will qualify him to operate the breathalyzer Rev Kelvin Johnston of St Andrews United Church Georgetown conducted the installation of officers at the first executive meeting of the North Association for the Mentally Retarded Campaign chairman of the Ability Fund Mrs Mary Cooper said the fund has moved within of Its goal of Paul Burroughs who turned down a pro football career for an Industrial fellowship is the newly elected presi of the Georgetown Lois Wichman a Georgetown District High School graduate receiv her Bachelor of Arte degree at the University TEN EARS will be the president of the Georgetown Agricultural Society in Dale Wood an accomplished and well known musician has been named the new director of the Georgetown Choral Society Family and friends greeted Mrs Ann Garner of Sargent Court on her YEARS Crawford presented the first annual Business of the Year award to Smith and Stone Ltd representative Stan Tooke at the Chamber of Commerce banquet Recent legislation requiring Maple Lodge Farms In Huttonville to limit the number or chickens it can Import has prompted the firm to lay off some employees By PAULINE Winter is upon us and with it comes our recurring questions Why are pedestrians forced to risk their limbs If not their lives by unshovelled sidewalks are icicles hanging from eaves not removed particularly when they hang over public walkways is so much salt put on our roads at untold cost in car repairs rotted footwear and environmental damage must hockey a game of skill speed and dexterity degenerate Into an activity that only excites many when violence erupts do Canadians find the weather a stimulating conversational gambit Because wo have so much of If dont we take the time look at our surroundings wind sculptured snow drifts the colours on the snow blue In the shadows rose and ochre from the selling sun the appearance of winter ing trees Miller could play key role Ottawa Bureau The Herald With Prime Minister Mulroney anxious to strike a constitutional deal with Quebec and backroom Initiatives already underway In this direction a key role might well be played by Oniarios premier in waiting Frank Miller We feel optimistic about him said a key aide to the prime minister We think he might have a better reeling for Quebec than people general ly realize Outside Ontario Mr Miller is probably best known as white AngloSaxon Proles la ear salesman who likes plaid Jackets and carries friendly smile And at first blush he might not appear to be a likely candidate for the role of honest broker a title that has been awarded to the last two Ontario premiers for their roles in federalprovincial relati ons But at second blush It turns out that Mr Miller was educated at a Montreal university hes a mining engineer that his wife is a Quebec native that he Is bilingual and that as a provincial cabinet minister he was credited by federal officials as being very sensit ive toward Quebecs as rations NEEDS HELP As Mr Mulroney a himself gels Into delicate negotiations with the Quebec government whether It bo Parti or Liberal he can certainly use the assistance of a respected honest broker from the neighboring province Other all season questions ore Why is lead still added to regular gasoline when we know how harmful It Is to people as well as to nature can manufacturers produce a unit with the at the top and the freezer at the bottom is sound on radio so good but on television drama so bad ant motorists learn the meaning of yield don motorists show more consideration to other motorists trying to exit strip plazas by moving to the far lone don the lotteries rule that all winners must have a Canadian address cant someone devise an elevator door holder so that a single user can load and unload weekly shopping without bruises to knees hips and elbows dont we talk lo each other if not verbally then at least with eye contact and a smile Two letters have been received from readers both address the same problem And the Identified culprit Is the thoughtless motorist who shows a lock of care in parking Cars that block sidewalks make it most difficult for mothers with strollers wheel chair users and those on crutches to navigate in safety Zorro also identified the healthy who Insist on parking in the areas reserved for those with disabilities as being les- than consider- Some attention is being paid to previously published gripes While this column probably cant take all the credit it was Interesting find In the Jan Globe and Mail that Plaut of Holy Blossom Temple had written in support of a ban on boxing He quotes the American Medical Association who call it an extraordinarily incongruous thing that we have a sport in which two people gel Into a ring and beat one another unconscious Shouldnt there be a group protesting mans inhumani ty man Just one more why this week why arc you the reader sitting there nodding your head In agreement why t you writing to Gripes and Cures Georgetown Herald 45 St Georgetown L7G and sharing with all or us your gripes or your cure for the irritants of living today A special thanks to our two respondents do write again Until next time keep warm 761 collected for Dear Sir Once again It is time to express our thanks to the boys and girls in the Georgetown area who out with their CEF boxes With your efforts and the help of Knox Pros Women wo raised for underprivileged children In other parts or the world Also our thanks go to Cheryl who along with her Inter mediate Sunday School Johns United Church counted monies from the schools of George Kennedy and Centennial Middle School to Mr J from St Georges Anglican Juni or Sunday School to Rita Munro Sunday School Superintendent of St Andrews United Church to Helen Corris of the Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce Georgetown Market for her assistance and patl and above all her smiting face We cannot afford to let any more children take THE LOW ROAD to poor health The future of our planet rests in the creat ive energetic asm of our youth Your support has help ed to give them the opportunity to take the high road to health I We thank you all Bud and Phyllis Livingstone Cochairman Halloween Campaign Easter Seals raise Dear Mr Your kind assistance during tho 1984 Christ mas Seal Campaign Is truly appreciated With out he wholehearted of the members nf the media our task of bp next impossible campaign it officially donations will continue to arrive during the next few months We have with your help raised which Is 70 over our goat On behalf of everyone who will benefit from the the family Asthma Pro gram the Better Breath Club or research a heartfelt thank you lor jour efforts Yours sincerely Ccc McFadden Chairman The Lung Association In there were reported cases of sexual abuse and 433 cases of physical abuse against Ontario childr en That number rose to 905 and respectively by October 1984 Although there is no hard proof professionals working with abused children know that physically mentally disabled children are more likely lo be the targets In a recent two year study In Seattle it was estimated that up to disabled children and adults were sexually abused per year in that area They also estimate that only per cent or the cases arc ever reported due to feelings of confusion guilt shame and fear While many handicapped live in healthy environments why are other children treated Ihis way Often they are more available to abuse as Jhey may require help to the washroom or bed thus suspicions arc not aroused by others Society considers them to be unreliable witnesses particularly If they have a combination of physical mental emotional or speech disability The dependency caused by the handicap in many cases delays the child s progress keeping them at the hands of the perpetrator Isolation an inability to move quickly poor social judgement combined with a lack of education about appropriate behavior arc all factors contributing to their vulnerabi lity Offenses such as rape and Incest nay not be the result of sexual desire Rather it may be the perpetrators need for power and control The handicapped person la therefore seen as an easy target Since it Is not always possible for these children to report the experience caregivers should be receptive to the following symptoms Suddenly avoiding or showing fear of a particular person or place Sleep disturbances regression Unusual affection or withdrawal Unusual changes in behavior Advanced sexual knowledge Difficulty silling or walking Pain swelling bruises Itching bleeding or discharge In the genital Pain urinating As almost all molestation of handi capped children is done by people known by the child this problem remains easily hidden and difficult to lv